Additional Opportunity Scholarships Awarded
12/3/24 — On December 3, 2024, the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (NCSEAA) made Opportunity Scholarship award offers to more than 54,000 new students for the 2024-2025 school year.
Additionally, NCSEAA made Education Student Accounts (ESA+) award offers to almost 2,000 new students.
Families of these awarded students completed applications during the 2024-25 application priority period (February 1 – March 1, 2024). For more information about the additional awards, see these Frequently Asked Questions.
Families awarded on December 3rd have until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 27, 2024, to accept or decline the award offer. Families must log into their MyPortal account, go to their To-Do List, and click on “Respond to Award Offer.” Families can also see notifications in their MyPortal account. Award offers that are not accepted by December 27, 2024, will expire. Expired awards cannot be reinstated.
NCSEAA will begin disbursing funds for the fall 2024 semester as well as for the spring 2025 semester in January.
Resources and More Information
Opportunity Scholarship website
ESA+ website
Email: OpportunityScholarships@ncseaa.edu and ESA@ncseaa.edu
Customer service is available to assist families by phone at 855-330-3955. Extended hours will be available during the first week of December.
• December 3 – 6: 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
• Saturday, December 7: 9:00 a.m. until noon.
Customer service will be available during regular business hours on:
• December 9 – 20: 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. (Monday – Friday only).
• December 26 – 27: 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. NCSEAA will be closed December 23 – 25.